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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pelicans | 30 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 108 |
 Timberwolves | 18 | 29 | 36 | 30 | 113 |
NOPTeam statsMIN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOP | 40-9044.4% | 3-2114.3% | 25-2986.2% | 49 | 18 | 15 |
| MIN | 39-8247.6% | 13-3636.1% | 22-3171.0% | 42 | 25 | 17 |
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Minnesota Timberwolves113| 39 | 26 | 8-21 | 3-9 | 7-13 | −4 | −0.3 | ||||||||
| 36 | 30 | 10-19 | 5-8 | 5-6 | 0 | +4 | +4.7 | |||||||
| 34 | 17 | 5-11 | 1-6 | 6-7 | 0 | 0 | +5 | +1.4 | ||||||
| 13 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −1.0 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −3.5 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 37 | 8 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | +2 | −0.2 | |||||||
| 35 | 18 | 7-14 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | +14 | −2.7 | ||||
| 18 | 5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +3.4 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +16 | −4.9 | |||||
| 2 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −2.5 | |||
| 0 | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | +2.0 | |||
| Team | 113 | 39-8247.6% | 13-3636.1% | 42 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 22-3171.0% | 8 | 7 | 8 | |||
Bench 38 points on 15 for 29 shooting
Did not play: Luka Garza, Austin Rivers and Josh Minott (coach’s decision); Jaylen Nowell (injury/illness).
New Orleans Pelicans108| 42 | 42, Season high (his best before, 40) | 16-28 | 1-3 | 9-9 | +7 | +13.1 | ||||||||
| 40 | 20 | 6-10 | 1-4 | 0 | 7-8 | 0 | 0 | −10 | +1.0 | |||||
| 39 | 4 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 2-2 | +10 | −3.8 | ||||||||
| 39 | 23 | 9-24 | 0-5 | 5-8 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −7.5 | ||||||
| 22 | 11 | 5-14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | +7 | −0.4 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −5 | −7.9 | |||||||
| 17 | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −1.2 | |||||
| 12 | 4 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −9 | −3.5 | |||||
| Team | 108 | 40-9044.4% | 3-2114.3% | 49 | 18 | 15 | 24 | 25-2986.2% | 11 | 13 | 3 | |||
Bench 8 points on 3 for 10 shooting
Did not play: Garrett Temple, Dyson Daniels, Jaxson Hayes, Willy Hernangomez, Kira Lewis Jr. and Dereon Seabron (coach’s decision).
Timberwolves113Pelicans108ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
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Karl-Anthony Towns scored 30 points (12 in the fourth quarter), and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the New Orleans Pelicans 113-108.
Anthony Edwards’ tip-in answered Trey Murphy III’s 2 free throws and put the Timberwolves back ahead for good with 3:38 left in the fourth quarter.
The Pelicans got within 105-104 on Brandon Ingram’s 2 free throws with 2:38 to play, but Mike Conley answered with a free throw, and the Pelicans got no closer. They had the ball down 2 with 59 seconds left, but Conley stole the ball from CJ McCollum. A basket would have tied the game. They had the ball down 3, but Murphy missed a pull-up 3-pointer with 6.9 seconds left that would have tied it.
Conley’s 2 free throws with 2.2 seconds left made it 113-108 and put it away.
During clutch time, the Timberwolves outscored the Pelicans 14-11. Edwards scored 7 of the Timberwolves’ 14 on 2 for 4 shooting and 3 for 3 at the line. Late in the fourth quarter, McCollum had 2 steals in 46 seconds, both with the game within five points.
Edwards had 26 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks.
For the Pelicans, Ingram had a season-high 42 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, and McCollum added 23 points. Murphy scored 20 points (10 in the second quarter) on 6 for 10 shooting. Herbert Jones had 4 points and 5 steals. The Pelicans had 3 20-point scorers.
The Timberwolves shot 47.6% from the field and 36.1% from 3 to the Pelicans’ 44.4% and 14.3%. They outscored the Pelicans 38-8 off the bench. The Pelicans were outscored 21-9 in 5 minutes with McCollum, Richardson, Nance, Marshall and Murphy on the floor together.
Minnesota TimberwolvesNew Orleans PelicansPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Timberwolves’ chance bottomed out at 14% (3rd quarter, 10:50 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
91 points from the field on 82 shots: 0.7 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 18-27 | 66.7% | 67% |
| In the paint | 6-13 | 46.2% | 44% |
| Mid-range | 2-6 | 33.3% | 42% |
| Corner 3 | 4-9 | 44.4% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-27 | 33.3% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trey Murphy III | 18 | 4 | 2-3 | −2 |
| Herbert Jones | 18 | 4 | 1-5 | −1 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 11 | 11 | 4-6 | +8 |
| Naji Marshall | 9 | 5 | 1-3 | +2 |
| Everyone else | 22 | 5 | 2-4 | −2 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 24 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Jones | 44 | 8 | 3-10 | −8 |
| Josh Richardson | 19 | 4 | 1-3 | −3 |
| Brandon Ingram | 8 | 0 | 0-2 | −3 |
| Trey Murphy III | 4 | 5 | 2-4 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 9 | 14 | 5-7 | +11 |
The tracking credits him with 31 points on 84 possessions. He usually scores about 31 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Ingram | 32 | 2 | 1-4 | −4 |
| Trey Murphy III | 17 | 4 | 2-2 | +1 |
| CJ McCollum | 11 | 8 | 2-4 | +6 |
| Herbert Jones | 7 | 4 | 2-2 | +3 |
| Everyone else | 8 | 4 | 2-6 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 22 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
MIN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
NOP
50/50
MIN
Highest Leverage Moments
Edwards 3' Driving Layup (23 PTS) (Conley 7 AST)
Q4 0:57
18.9%
73→92
Towns 7' Driving Floating Jump Shot (30 PTS)
Q4 4:38
14.7%
43→58
Edwards Tip Layup Shot (21 PTS)
Q4 3:38
13.1%
47→60
Towns 26' 3PT Pullup Jump Shot (27 PTS) (Alexander-Walker 3 AST)
Q4 10:05
12.7%
58→71
Prince 25' 3PT Jump Shot (14 PTS) (Anderson 4 AST)
Q3 5:37
12.2%
34→46
